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In addition to these wildcard functions, FamilySearch Places supports a fuzzy search. Users may request a fuzzy search by placing ~ immediately after the desired fuzzy search term. For example: “Cincinati~, Ohio” returns Cincinnati, Ohio, while “Cincinati, Ohio” fails.<br> | In addition to these wildcard functions, FamilySearch Places supports a fuzzy search. Users may request a fuzzy search by placing ~ immediately after the desired fuzzy search term. For example: “Cincinati~, Ohio” returns Cincinnati, Ohio, while “Cincinati, Ohio” fails.<br> | ||
==Search by | ==Search by ID== | ||
If a user happens to know the unique identifier (id) of a place in FamilySearch Places, that id may be entered in the search field, hit enter and go right to the corresponding details page. For example, if I knew the id for Ohio County, Virginia I could enter it (“393653”) into the Search field. (Note: It may be easier to simply enter “Ohio, VA”).<br> | If a user happens to know the unique identifier (id) of a place in FamilySearch Places, that id may be entered in the search field, hit enter and go right to the corresponding details page. For example, if I knew the id for Ohio County, Virginia I could enter it (“393653”) into the Search field. (Note: It may be easier to simply enter “Ohio, VA”).<br> | ||
This same result can be accomplished by adding “?focusedId=393653” to the end of the base URL for FamilySearch Places. For example, entering https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=393653 into a browser’s address bar also returns Ohio County, Virginia.<br> | This same result can be accomplished by adding “?focusedId=393653” to the end of the base URL for FamilySearch Places. For example, entering https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=393653 into a browser’s address bar also returns Ohio County, Virginia.<br> | ||
==Search by location== | ==Search by location== | ||
It is possible to initiate a search by clicking a spot on the map. Once a location has been clicked, a window pops up requesting a distance from the specified point over which to conduct the search.<br> | It is possible to initiate a search by clicking a spot on the map. Once a location has been clicked, a window pops up requesting a distance from the specified point over which to conduct the search.<br> | ||